Justin B. Terry-Smith has been involved in Gay and HIV Activism since 1999. He is an Air Force 9/11 Disabled Vet. Raised in Silver Spring, MD, he now lives in Severn, MD with his husband Phil. He writes an HIV/STI Advice Column for A&U Magazine, is a Contributing writer for thebody.com, a Life Coach and an Adjunct Professor. He has earned his Doctorate in Public Health with a concentration in Infectious Disease.

Justin's HIV Journal

Sunday, June 12, 2016

In Orlando Florida about
2am on 6/12/2016 a gunman entered the (Lesbian, Gay, Bi-sexual and Transgender)
LGBT club called the Pulse and opened fire killing approximately 50
patrons. Just hours after the mass
shooting Texas Lt Gov. Dan Patrick an avid anti-LGBT campaigner sent out a tweet
saying,"Do not be deceived: God cannot be
mocked. A man reaps what he sows." just hours after a mass shooting, which
is from the Bible and found in Galatians 6:7.
Representatives for the lieutenant governor said the post were
prescheduled and that Patrick and other statewide officials usually share Bible
verses on social media on Sunday mornings.

The tweet was deleted around 11:00 a.m. Sunday. The Texas' Democratic
Party responded by calling on Patrick to apologize immediately.Patrick
campaign spokesman Allen Blakemore strongly denied the tweet was in any way
related to the Orlando shooting and that Patrick was currently out of the
country.

Whether accident or not,
why has it taken this long to get an apology from him? What is the hold
up? You are a major _ _ _ hole, no
doubt.

Justin B Terry-Smith

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My name is Justin B Terry-Smith, I'm a Black Gay man living in Laurel, Maryland and I am HIV+. I've decided to share my story because I feel it's important that people who have unprotected sex know what they might be getting themselves into. People have asked me why I am doing this, why have I put my personal business out like this. I tell them it is to help educate people, to make them aware and to make them think twice about having unprotected sex. This is my personal journey that needs to be told to help the community.
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